Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!lmjm From: lmjm@doc.ic.ac.uk (Lee McLoughlin) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains Subject: Re: decimals in the serial field Message-ID: Date: 23 Jun 91 14:14:03 GMT References: <6529@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> <1991Jun20.093116.19537@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA> Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London. U.K. Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: murn.doc.ic.ac.uk In-Reply-To: barrett@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA's message of 20 Jun 91 09:31:16 GMT In article <1991Jun20.093116.19537@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA> barrett@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA (Alan P Barrett) writes: From: barrett@Daisy.EE.UND.AC.ZA (Alan P Barrett) Subject: Re: decimals in the serial field In article , kre@cs.mu.oz.au (Robert Elz) writes: jnford@argos.weeg.uiowa.edu (Jay Ford) writes: >Or, a serial number format of yyyymmddnn (with a 4-digit year) could be used. That's exactly what we use here already - ie: the serial number of AU is 1991061500 I've been using that format for ages - but now I've come to believe that the 2 digit 'nn' is unnecessary, one digit would be enough - more than 10 changes in a day just doesn't happen often enough to matter (and if it ocasionally does you can just borrow a number from tomorrow). I don't think I've ever actually gotten past about 05 ... Locally we use this format with a two digit nn bit. We use hesiod to export more and more of the /etc type files around (passwd, services, printcap, automounter maps...). It is not that hard to get more than 10 passwd entry changes in a day. -- -- Lee McLoughlin phone: 071 589 5111 X 5085 fax: 071 581 8024 Department of Computing, Imperial College, 180 Queens Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK Janet: lmjm@uk.ac.ic.doc Uucp: lmjm@icdoc.UUCP (or ..!ukc!icdoc!lmjm) DARPA: lmjm@doc.ic.ac.uk (or lmjm%uk.ac.ic.doc@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk)